Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg lashes out at President Trump, telling a packed house that the darkness emanating from the White House is dividing the nation.
Dennis Hoey
Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Herald’s night reporter, covering any and all news that breaks in the late afternoon and evening hours. He has been chasing stories after normal business hours in Portland since 2008. Before that he worked in the Press Herald’s Brunswick Bureau where he spent several years covering news in several midcoast towns from Rockland and Wiscasset to Bath and Brunswick. He also covered Bath Iron Works, the Brunswick Naval Air Station, Bowdoin College, and the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant during his years in Brunswick. When he’s not hunting down criminals, politicians or law enforcement officials, Dennis enjoys spending time riding his bicycle, hiking, and cross country skiing.
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Holocaust survivor who spied on Nazis during World War II shares her story at USM
Marthe Cohn, 99, doesn’t want people to forget the lessons that were learned about Hitler’s rise to power and the horrors of the Holocaust.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Man wearing a black mask robs Pittsfield pizzeria
The man fled Richie’s Pizza with an undisclosed amount of cash after telling a clerk that he had a gun.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Burglaries at Portland businesses seem similar, but may not be related, police say
Investigators say it is too early to determine if the 12 break-ins were committed by the same person or people.
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Local man, 56, killed in South Berwick crash
Police say Brian G. Day may have experienced a medical event when his Jeep crossed the centerline, left the road and struck a tree.
Posted inMaine, News, Uncategorized
Great Diamond Island residents may try to secede from Portland
Frustrated with the city’s treatment of the island, some collect signatures as a first step.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News, Politics
Planned Parenthood will forgo federal funds in Maine, U.S., over abortion ‘gag rule’
The reproductive health care provider will lose $400,000 a year for services in Maine rather than submit to a Trump administration rule that bars it from making abortion referrals.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Police probe killings of 2 men in Aroostook County
Two local residents were found dead inside a pickup truck in Castle Hill early Tuesday morning, according to Maine State Police.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine driver faces drug charge following crash that killed his wife
Joshua Bell was arrested after he was released from a hospital following the Friday night crash on I-95 in Mattamiscontis Township.
Posted inMaine, News
Four hurt, one critically, in horse-drawn wagon crash in Clinton
The two horses, spooked by a loud noise, ran off, sending the wagon into a motor vehicle and telephone pole, a police officer says of the ‘freak accident.’